[enum-wg] NRENum.net service goes global, recognised as viable alternative to e164.arpa for academia

Dear ENUM WG participants,

I'd like to kindly inform you about the latest progress of the TERENA's
ENUM service for academia, called NRENum.net http://www.nrenum.net

On 9 May 2012 the NRENum.net service participants agreed to change the
service policy as follows:
- As you may know, NRENum.net has been an ENUM service run by the
National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) for trial purposes
mainly targeting those countries where the Golden Tree (e164.arpa) is
not operational yet.
- Recently, it's turned out that (in some countries) the Golden Tree
production service roll out is not progressing (due to various reasons),
and it will definitely not reach out to academia, while the R&E
community in Europe and beyond desperately needs a seamless and scalable
dialling solution among different communication technologies.
- Therefore TERENA service participants agreed to position NRENum.net as
a valid alternative to the Golden Tree for academia. The number
migration to the Golden Tree (where it is available) is recommended but
not mandatory any more. NRENs can join the NRENum.net service whether or
not the Golden Tree is available in their country.
- In addition to this, NRENum.net has become a global service. The NREN
of Argentina, Brazil and Australia joined the service during the last
one and a half months and there are other candidates in both the
Latin-American and Asia-Pacific regions.

Read more in the TERENA news item at
http://www.terena.org/news/3159/fullstory

Kind regards,
Peter
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